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obama has not said that. the french work with qatar, which is not--obama has been completely in their corner. why. he is not running for office. he doesn't need the jewish vote. he needs to build up credibility with israel as he understands now that he didn't in the first term if he is going to work with them on iran, or, i assume he's workingthinking about reconstituting the peace process. >> i think you that's absolutely right. very insightful. >> is hamas proxy for iran. >> no, it's operating on its own and its getting more support. four years ago it's support came from syria and iran. now it has turkey, qatar it's less dependent on iran than it ever has been. >> eliot: unfortunately i think we'll have this conversation over and over and over again. james traub and joe many thanks tonight. we'll go up the big top for the circus that is the modern gop with sam seder coming up on "viewpoint." to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the ti
obama has not said that. the french work with qatar, which is not--obama has been completely in their corner. why. he is not running for office. he doesn't need the jewish vote. he needs to build up credibility with israel as he understands now that he didn't in the first term if he is going to work with them on iran, or, i assume he's workingthinking about reconstituting the peace process. >> i think you that's absolutely right. very insightful. >> is hamas proxy for iran. >>...
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is it just the word "obama in the bill? >> well, they do want even more than the -- the republicans want obama to lose his election more than all of us in the country want the good provisions of this bill. there is no question about it. but i don't think that they are going to prevail on this. and the supreme court was the first step today. that was a great first step. >> uh-huh. >> and they actually weren't political. they responded to the people. and we can go forward with this. but, you know, john, this isn't theend-all-be-all. we have a lot of work to do to strengthen the healthcare bill. >> and i am glad you said that because you are very right. a lot of people think like we won and the game is over. this really is only the beginning of getting the kind of healthcare program our capitalist allies enjoy elsewhere. a lot are going through obamacare outrage fatigue. do you think that there is going to just be not that much passion to fight this any more now that the supreme court and george bush's prize nominee have final
is it just the word "obama in the bill? >> well, they do want even more than the -- the republicans want obama to lose his election more than all of us in the country want the good provisions of this bill. there is no question about it. but i don't think that they are going to prevail on this. and the supreme court was the first step today. that was a great first step. >> uh-huh. >> and they actually weren't political. they responded to the people. and we can go forward...
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there is a whole argument, president obama is betting on american workers. mitt romney is betting on the cayman islands. there is a sense he doesn't not only one of us which i think has been the point you made exactly right but a lack of patriotism when you're sending your money somewhere else. >> i don't think that's fair that's all true. he does believe in america and creating gobbles but he should explain why he has the money there, why he did it. let people know and make the decision. >> you know, look. it is perfectly legal to do that but it is greedy. there's just no other way to phrase it. it is just greedy. when you have $250 million and we're going to -- >> eliot: i want to swifn gears because -- switch gears on you. this may go out of the number depending on how many jobs created in the private sector. if the number is below 50,000 people people panic and everybody forgets about healthcare. what number do you think we're going to get and what is the impact going to be? ben, you're the economic source. your e-mail every morning where you bring the e
there is a whole argument, president obama is betting on american workers. mitt romney is betting on the cayman islands. there is a sense he doesn't not only one of us which i think has been the point you made exactly right but a lack of patriotism when you're sending your money somewhere else. >> i don't think that's fair that's all true. he does believe in america and creating gobbles but he should explain why he has the money there, why he did it. let people know and make the decision....
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is alive and obama that will work to the disadvantage of romney. he wants to talk about the economy, which i think is what he sees as the administration's weakenings. the more time he spends on foreign policy it takes him away from his core message. >> eliot: the issue of iran and the bomb that was in the news during the u.n. general assembly meeting, where are we on that. the president seems to be inching towards a demonstration towards a lack of patience and the israeli view is that the time runs short. i mean is this a matter of months where we need some resolution? >> well, i think there is some makings of a deal but it's going to take time, and to work on this. an example of where romney has rhetoric on iran, but when pressed what is his bottom line, it's similar if not identical president obama. >> eliot: p.j. crowley as always, thank you so much for your wisdom. >> my pleasure. >> eliot: tune in to current tv for our debate conscience where he'll be joined by cenk uygur governor grand home, john fugelsang and vice president al gore. join us
is alive and obama that will work to the disadvantage of romney. he wants to talk about the economy, which i think is what he sees as the administration's weakenings. the more time he spends on foreign policy it takes him away from his core message. >> eliot: the issue of iran and the bomb that was in the news during the u.n. general assembly meeting, where are we on that. the president seems to be inching towards a demonstration towards a lack of patience and the israeli view is that the...
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barack obama inherited the worst economy in years. it was worse than we thought it was. while we were making progress and improving, the progress has been slower than anybody wanted, and we get blamed for it. we're in a vicious cycle and it's exactly as you said. the people are angry at the government. they don't provide the resources that we need to improve the quality of life because the government is not doing things to improve the quality of life people get angrier. when they get angrier fewer resources. i see one way out of this. we need to bring about substantial reductions in america's military spending. when we are excessively engaged in afghanistan. our original goal of putting an end to bin-laden. we need to make a breakthrough. the people are angry at government. thethe angrier they are at government the less government can do things. the less roads let's cops on thethe less cops onthe streets the angrier they get. >> so many of the issues converged, the tax cuts expire. the is there an opportunity to make that argument and really begin to implement a differen
barack obama inherited the worst economy in years. it was worse than we thought it was. while we were making progress and improving, the progress has been slower than anybody wanted, and we get blamed for it. we're in a vicious cycle and it's exactly as you said. the people are angry at the government. they don't provide the resources that we need to improve the quality of life because the government is not doing things to improve the quality of life people get angrier. when they get angrier...
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whether obama can pull this off? it's anyone's guess. romney does very a very good shot at taking it if the economy gets worse. >> eliot: in the pit of my stomach i'm worried in a sequence of months we'll have 80,000 jobs and the unemployment creeps to 8.3 or 8.4. and then romney who has been as devoid of ideas as anyone i'm ever seen. >> he has great hair. >> eliot: it creates great jealousy, but he has not brought forward a single idea. >> i don't know what you're talking about. you know all you have to do to get this economy going again is cut the red tape and get government off the back of small business and stop restricting wall street. let it work its magic just like it did four years ago. >> eliot: yeah, you and i should go back and reread the history. maybe mitt romney is a happier guy. >> that's where all the big ideas come from. >> eliot: i picked it up one time. it's too fat. >> the tiny pages. >> eliot: thomas frank, author of "pity the billionaire," ironic, don't forget. thank you for your time. >> sure thing. >> eliot: bank
whether obama can pull this off? it's anyone's guess. romney does very a very good shot at taking it if the economy gets worse. >> eliot: in the pit of my stomach i'm worried in a sequence of months we'll have 80,000 jobs and the unemployment creeps to 8.3 or 8.4. and then romney who has been as devoid of ideas as anyone i'm ever seen. >> he has great hair. >> eliot: it creates great jealousy, but he has not brought forward a single idea. >> i don't know what you're...
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i think the obama strategy has always been we don't have a good solution. it is really terrible but time may be on our side. they've been abused for that by romney and others. you're vacillating you're being too soft and so forth. there was no hard, easy, fast solution so the solution has been let's force iran into a position where we'll be negotiating a way things otherwise would not do. it is not -- it's not clear that we're there yet. i think it is arguable we're getting there. >> eliot: let me take the other side for a moment. the more time they have, the greater the likelihood they actually develop nuclear weapons. the timeframe for that, of course is so elastic. you see one c.i.a. report, one leaked report. is it six months, a year, as they move toward some line in the sand. house those two collide? we impose sanctions. it takes time for the economic impact to be felt. are they in fact getting closer to -- >> this is an argument between israel and the united states even though both sides say it is not. both sides say we agree on the intelligence. bara
i think the obama strategy has always been we don't have a good solution. it is really terrible but time may be on our side. they've been abused for that by romney and others. you're vacillating you're being too soft and so forth. there was no hard, easy, fast solution so the solution has been let's force iran into a position where we'll be negotiating a way things otherwise would not do. it is not -- it's not clear that we're there yet. i think it is arguable we're getting there. >>...
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that is the message that has really resonated in ohio with the obama super pac and the obama campaign itself and really we have not seen anything in this entire campaign to suggest that romney has a good, solid answer to that. >> i have to add though that a couple of days ago in the recent weeks, the romney campaign has taken a new tack. as you were mentioning, the obama campaign has put out this kind of direct talk to the voter type of action d that basically has the president talking to those folks who would presumably turn out to vote for him. so did the romney campaign. they did come out with a long ad where it is literally mitt romney sitting in front of the camera talk directly to the voters. yes, repeating a lot of the messages that he's said on the stump but doing it personally, i suppose in a way to try to appeal to the folks on a much more personal level to try to draw that personality to add the personality understanding that people often say that they don't have about mitt romney and they've pooled in all of the swing states, including ohio, they've pulled all of the ads t
that is the message that has really resonated in ohio with the obama super pac and the obama campaign itself and really we have not seen anything in this entire campaign to suggest that romney has a good, solid answer to that. >> i have to add though that a couple of days ago in the recent weeks, the romney campaign has taken a new tack. as you were mentioning, the obama campaign has put out this kind of direct talk to the voter type of action d that basically has the president talking to...
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leaders say they're ready to run on what they love to call obama-care. >> the obama-care law now having been sanctioned by the court is essentially sets up a big choice for the american people in november. >> john: and canter may have a point. 41% of adults thought the affordable care act was a bad idea compared to 35% who liked it although that gap may be closing. a gallup poll taken thursday shows an even split on the supreme court's decision to up hold the president's plan. no word on what pre-teens think. >> because he said it was fair to make sure there weren't free riders driving up everybody's insurance rates. >> john: he really didn't say that did he? yeah, did he. in a 2008 "abc news" debate. >> if people can afford to buy t either buy the insurance or pay your own way don't be free riders and pass on the cost of your healthcare to everybody else. >> john: so it's not a tax when i do it. and while mr. romney seems split between what he said and what he says now many republicans seem just as divided over chief justice john roberts' role in up holding the healthcare plan. sarah p
leaders say they're ready to run on what they love to call obama-care. >> the obama-care law now having been sanctioned by the court is essentially sets up a big choice for the american people in november. >> john: and canter may have a point. 41% of adults thought the affordable care act was a bad idea compared to 35% who liked it although that gap may be closing. a gallup poll taken thursday shows an even split on the supreme court's decision to up hold the president's plan. no...